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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1940
Page
6
The Corry region reports varied items from weather outlooks to public notices. Topics include a municipal meeting on an iron bond project, marriage license filings for Howard A Ladd and Mary L Triscull, traffic sign enforcement, a proposal to extend funding for a city fire truck, and recent band concerts in City Park.
Beaverdam July 10 The Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist church hosts a silver tea in the chinneh parlor July 17 from 9 30 to 4 30 daylight saving time An invitation is extended for all to attend Guest speaker is Miss Dessa Baldwin a return missionary from Tuila visiting at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Ellen Baldwin of Blain Other local notes include 4 H Club activities and varied social visits across the community with church groups and residents attending lectures camps and concerts through the week.
Harrisburg July 11 Pennsylvanians pay federal excise taxes on motor fuels tires and autos. Secretary Lamont Hughes says federal highway funds to Pennsylvania are far below motorist payments over the 1939-1943 period, with state receipts lagging behind national collections by about 415,492.00. He notes federal taxes on motorists have risen under the Revenue Act while road aid to the state is reduced by pending Congress bills, and cites data showing federal motorist collections since 1933 far exceed state highway outlays.
A farm calendar from Penn State covers tomato pruning and mulching in limited spaces, woodlot timber uses, pullet housing considerations, ryegrass as a cover crop for soil health, a Pennsylvania State Poultry Association tour in Delaware and Maryland on August 21-22, and soybean meal as a protein source for lambs fed with corn and hay.
Pittsburgh July 11 Twenty of a 102 car Pennsylvania railroad freight train plunged from the tracks between Creighton and West Tarentum blocking both east and westbound tracks of the Conemaugh division. The freight from Seward near Johnstown to Pittsburgh carried nine derailed cars with merchandise and eleven empty cars.
Mrs S H Lyons visited Mr and Mrs Robert Page of Mayville Tuesday evening. Betty Smith, guest of the Pages for ten days, returned home with them. Ted Rath and family of Canton were here for several days. Charlotte Rath returned home with her parents after a three week visit. Mr and Mrs Guy Hayes called on Mr and Mrs Clint Bisbee of Wattsburg. Mrs W H Cummins attended Grange in Corry. Miss Charlotte Marsh visited Mr and Mrs Gar Gates in Corry. Leo Jones and family plus Charles spent Wednesday in Corry with Mr and Mrs Paul Daniels. Mr and Mrs Herbert Shreves were business visitors in Normandy Monday. Carl Proctor, Warren, and Rexson enjoyed a meal at Canandaigua Lake.
A newly discovered United States bird has been located in the panhandle district of West Virginia by Karl W Haller an ornithologist from Bethany Cal. The species is a wood warbler type with a yellowish olive back a brown sides a greenish throat and white at the tail. The prior new bird find was the Cape Sable seaxide, reported by A H Howell on the southern tip of Florida.
Harrisburg July 11 local committees set August 28 29 dates for the Young Democrats of Pennsylvania convention in Wilkes Barre. Erie county delegates include Kenneth Thompson A J Bevilacqua Howard Hewitt and others. The convention will launch campaigns for national and state tickets with speakers expected from top national figures including Roosevelt and Hull.
Markets report from New York July 01 shows stock activity drifting to apathy after a modest open. Major issues eased and several key tickers fell while steel and other industrials led declines. page lists many firms and market data from Pittsburgh produce and Buffalo livestock sections, with varied price ranges and trading tones.
Fragmentary OCR text discusses ETL GA baseball, team control shifts and fan reactions. Mentions Bethy Pratt, Letty, Wyeld, Ghis dan Ehubiiny, Gaillards, Wellsville, Hines, Rod and Gin, and vague plant references with scattered names and actions.
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